The Commission on Elections (Comelec) seemed to have shut the door on a previously cherished commissioner only a day after Malacañang said the official had not been reappointed by President Benigno Aquino 3rd.

Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. on Wednesday said the body can still perform its electoral functions even without the presence of apparently disgraced Commissioner Grace Padaca.

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